All My Children without Adam Chandler was like peanut butter without jelly or Buffy without Angel. Thankfully, that will no longer be the case when the revived soap hits (computer) screens again this spring.

Prospect Park has confirmed that five-time Daytime Emmy winner David Canary will reprise his role as Pine Valley’s ruthless patriarch in the series’ upcoming iTunes/Hulu relaunch.

• Scrubs vet John C. McGinley has joined his former boss Bill Lawrence‘s TBS comedy pilot Ground Floor. Per Deadine, the prospective workplace series follows a 29-year-old alpha male who crosses paths with his company’s carefree support staff. McGinley has been cast as the boss, Mr. Mansfield.

• In other TBS pilot news, Deadline reports that Melora Hardin (The Office) has joined Do It Yourself, a comedy project from Walt Becker and Rob Long. Hardin, too, will play the boss in the pilot that centers a laid-off math teacher who finds himself working at a home-supply store.

• Mary Kay Place (Big Love) has been tapped to play Bryan’s estranged mom in an upcoming episode of The New Normal, TVGuide.com reports.

• Esquire Network (formerly known as G4) has acquired the rights to air Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, debuting episodes one week after they run on NBC. The series is set to launch April 24 on the revamped cabler.

• FX has renewed its animated comedy Archer for a 13-episode fifth season.

• West Wing alum Allison Janney will guest-star in five episodes of Showtime’s upcoming Masters of Sex. The Emmy winner will play Margaret Scully, wife of Beau Bridges’ Barton Scully. The drama about real-life sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson bows Sunday, Sept. 29 at 10 pm.

AMC is not AMC without Susan Lucci. AMC IS Susan Lucci for chrissake. Unless she’s back on the show, I’m afraid I can’t bring myself to watch. My heart would ache so much for the diva that’s been brightening daytime screens since 1970.

No. Someone made an attempt on Adam’s life, but got Stuart. Then, it was revealed Adam shot “himself” during a drug-induced haze and killed Stuart. But, that was later revealed to be not true, either, as Stuart was alive thanks to David’s Project Orpheus.

Jill Larson (Opal) and Cady Mcclain (Dixie) have been doing daily updates on their Facebook pages about All My Children. Jill has great pictures and keeps everyone up to date on the cast. I am so glad to David back. It is amazing how many casts members they have added in the last couple of weeks.

im so happy all my children is returning, computer , tv i dont care. been watching all my children since the first day it came on and ms. agnes opened the book got the story going and said “and these are all my children”. i was in the army in germany and all we got was general hospital which was 6 months behind. besides seeing my family could not wait to catch up with my story when i finally returned home. i cant wait to see how they work this story out after that sudden, made no sence ending. im so excited cant wait!!!!! signed, bonnie.

If Susan Lucci isn’t available then the show must go on. I refuse to not watch because a few stars can’t or won’t return. The cast is exceptional and I’m sure it will do just fine with or with La Lucci. I’m especially glad that David Canary, Jill Larson, Julia Barr, and others have returned! Kudos to Prospect Park!

People are trying to come back but they have made other committments in the mean time. Some plain just may not, like the actors who play
tad and Jake, so we just may have to get used to different faces.. Cant have a Dixie without a Tad. Something is better than no show at all…. The only announced replaced actor is for JR, so there’s always hope of a return or replacement…. Susan Lucci will return at some point, she surely wants too. And remember someone got shot !!!!